I don’t know about you, but lately life has been so busy for me! I was realizing the other day that it has been WAY too long since I crafted something. Between home, kids, my small business, and this blog, I haven’t had a lot of time to be creative.
So when I was in the dollar store and saw these cute little pumpkins sitting there I thought to myself, “okay self, there must be something cute and simple I can do with these pumpkins do get out of my DIY funk.” So after a minute of standing there I had an epiphany and headed a couple aisles over to pick up the one other thing I would need for this project, a book.
This is not the first time I’ve used a dollar store book for a craft project, and it really is a great place to pick them up if you’re in need of a book and don’t have any old ones laying around you feel like ripping up. For this project all you’ll need is:
- a foam pumpkin
- book pages (one book was way more than enough for two pumpkins)
- Mod-Podge
Simply tear skinny strips of the book pages and apply with Mod-Podge with a paintbrush. I used matte Mod-Podge, but you could use glossy if that’s the look you’re going for. Note that the first layer is not going to stick super well to the pumpkin, but as soon as you’re sticking paper to paper, it is a lot easier to adhere down.
Once I was done with my layers and my pumpkins were dry I took some watered down black paint and painted between in the creases of the pumpkin using a dry brush technique. This helped the features of the pumpkin stand out a little bit more.
I felt so good to be making something again, and I love the way they turned out! They were a little time consuming because of how many layers of paper it took, but definitely not a hard project at all, which is always something I enjoy. I also love that they can be kept out all season long so I can enjoy them awhile, not just through Halloween.
